Approval was delayed a day so that Korda could hear objections from Sunrise Assistant City Attorney Grafton Carlson, who said Davie`s utility expansion project would be used to infringe on hisand I want to have our objections on the record.``

At a special meeting Tuesday night, the Davie Town Council passed a resolution designed to allay Sunrise fears and prevent legal objections that might delay the approval of the bonds. Davie officials said they have no intention of infringing in the Sunrise utility service area.

Town Attorney Barry Webber said Carlson assured him Wednesday morning that Sunrise would not intervene.

Davie officials were infuriatied when Carlson showed up at the Wednesday afternoon hearing to voice his objections. ``It was an unfriendly thing to do, a hostile thing to do and a vicious thing to do,`` said Town Administrator Irv Rosenbaum.

The Davie Town Council Wednesday night authorized Webber to take whatever legal action is necessary to ``teach Sunrise a lesson,`` as Vice Mayor Betty Roberts put it.

Rosenbaum said Wednesday night the town would litigate to recoup alleged financial losses it suffered due to the delay caused by Sunrise. But after the bond hearing Thursday, Rosenbaum said no litigation would be filed.

Carlson said the door was still open for negotiations between the two municipalities on utility issues, but that door had already been slammed the previous night by the Davie Town Council.

``It`s like negotiating with Russia,`` said Mayor Bud Jenkins. ``We`re trying to be honest and do what`s right for the people, but their tune always changes at the final hour.``

The utility bonds will be sold in phases. First to be sold will be $10 million to refinance debts incurred when the town bought its two utility plants, said accountant Stanley Cohen.

Then the town will sell bonds to finance construction of new facilities, which will include: a $4 million water treatment plant, a $2.47 million sewage treatment plant and a $10.65 million pipeline -- a joint project with Cooper City -- to carry treated sewage to the Hollywood ocean outfall.

The dispute between Davie and Sunrise over utility service areas goes back to a 1971 agreement between the former owners of Davie`s east utility plant and the former owners of Sunrise`s Pine Island utility plant on Pine Island Road.

The previous owners agreed that the Pine Island plant would service the area west of University Drive, between State Road 84 and Orange Drive. The Davie Utilities Inc. plant would service the area east of University Drive, between State Road 84 and Orange Drive.

The two plants were later sold to the two cities. Sunrise claims the agreement between the previous owners is still valid, but Davie officials reject that claim.